regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Substitution Workspace

Group 1(.*?)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

Comment: Data before sentences (to be removed)

Group 2( # Capture Both sentences and text in between H.*?e.*?l.*?l.*?o.*?\s # Hello[space] (<.*?>)* # Optional Opening Tag(s) 進.*?撃.*?の.*?巨.*?人.*? # 進撃の巨人 (<\/.*?>)* # Optional Closing Tag(s) (.*?) # Optional Data in between sentences (<.*?>)* # Optional Opening Tag(s) L.*?o.*?r.*?e.*?m.*?\s # Lorem[space] (<.*?>)* # Optional Opening Tag(s) i.*?p.*?s.*?u.*?m.*? # ipsum )

Comment: Capture Both sentences and text in between

Hthe literal text H (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

lthe literal l (108₁₀ / 154₈ / 6C₁₆) (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

lthe literal l (108₁₀ / 154₈ / 6C₁₆) (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

othe literal o (111₁₀ / 157₈ / 6F₁₆) (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

\sany whitespace character

Comment: Hello[space]

Group 3(<.*?>)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Comment: Optional Opening Tag(s)

進the literal text 進

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

撃the literal 撃 (25731₁₀ / 62203₈ / 6483₁₆)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

のthe literal の (12398₁₀ / 30156₈ / 306E₁₆)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

巨the literal 巨 (24040₁₀ / 56750₈ / 5DE8₁₆)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

人the literal 人 (20154₁₀ / 47272₈ / 4EBA₁₆)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

Comment: 進撃の巨人

Group 4(<\/.*?>)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Comment: Optional Closing Tag(s)

Group 5(.*?)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

Comment: Optional Data in between sentences

Group 6(<.*?>)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Comment: Optional Opening Tag(s)

Lthe literal text L (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

othe literal o (111₁₀ / 157₈ / 6F₁₆) (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

rthe literal r (114₁₀ / 162₈ / 72₁₆) (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

mthe literal m (109₁₀ / 155₈ / 6D₁₆) (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

\sany whitespace character

Comment: Lorem[space]

Group 7(<.*?>)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Comment: Optional Opening Tag(s)

ithe literal text i (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

pthe literal p (112₁₀ / 160₈ / 70₁₆) (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

sthe literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

uthe literal u (117₁₀ / 165₈ / 75₁₆) (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

mthe literal m (109₁₀ / 155₈ / 6D₁₆) (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

Comment: ipsum

Group 8(.*)

.*any character, repeated any number of times

Comment: Data after sentences (to be removed)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

x modifier: extended. Ignores unescaped whitespace and comments outside character classes

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(.*?)  # Data before sentences (to be removed)
(      # Capture Both sentences and text in between
  H.*?e.*?l.*?l.*?o.*?\s    # Hello[space]
  (<.*?>)*                  # Optional Opening Tag(s)
  進.*?撃.*?の.*?巨.*?人.*?   # 進撃の巨人
  (<\/.*?>)*                # Optional Closing Tag(s)
  (.*?)                     # Optional Data in between sentences
  (<.*?>)*                  # Optional Opening Tag(s)
  L.*?o.*?r.*?e.*?m.*?\s    # Lorem[space]
  (<.*?>)*                  # Optional Opening Tag(s)
  i.*?p.*?s.*?u.*?m.*?      # ipsum
)
(.*)   # Data after sentences (to be removed)

New


<html>
<body>
<header>Hello <p> </p> 進撃<em>の巨</人!</em></header>
random code
random code
<p>Lorem <span>ipsum<span>.<p>
</body>
</html>

Substitution

\2


<html>
<body>
<header>Hello <p> </p> 進撃<em>の巨</人!</em></header>
random code
random code
<p>Lorem <span>ipsum<span>.<p>
</body>
</html>